Dasbai Chandi / Leopard Flower
Belamcanda chinensis
- Habit
- Herb
- Native to
- China
- Flowering
- September-October
How to identify Dasbai Chandi
Identify Dasbai Chandi by combining habit, leaf characters, flower or fruit details, location, and its family pattern. Do not rely on one feature alone.
- Look for a herb habit.
- Check the distinctive field mark: Orange flowers spotted like a leopard, black seed clusters (leopard flower).
- Confirm flower colour: Orange.
- In season, compare flowering and fruiting time: September-October.
- Confirm it sits within the Iridaceae family pattern, then compare close relatives before deciding it is Dasbai Chandi.
Plant Details
- Scientific name
- Belamcanda chinensis
- Genus
- Belamcanda
- Family
- Iridaceae
- Habit
- Herb
- Habitat
- Grown as garden plant
- Habitat type
- Cultivated
- Native to
- China
- Flowering & fruiting
- September-October
- Conservation status
- Not Evaluated (NE)
Flower & fruit characters
- Flower colour
- Orangerecorded
Typical of the family
- Flower symmetry
- Zygomorphic (bilaterally symmetrical)
Characters marked “recorded” are for Dasbai Chandi itself; the rest are typical of the Iridaceae family — flowering plants only.
Local Names
- Manipuri
- ꯀꯥꯕꯣ ꯂꯩꯇꯦꯡ Kabo Leiteng
- Assamese
- সূৰজকাংতী Surajakanti, Chalkumra, Torobot
- Bengali
- Dasbai Chandi, Arti
- Nepali
- खड्गदारी Khadgadaaree, ट्याङ्ग पत्रे Tyaang Patre
About Dasbai Chandi
Leopard Flower (Belamcanda chinensis) belongs to the Iridaceae family, where it grows as a herb. It is native to China. It is grown as garden plant. Flowering and fruiting run from September to October.
Uses
Locally it is long used in traditional medicine and planted as an ornamental. Those medicinal uses are traditional attributions, not medical advice.
Iridaceae
Saffron Family
Dasbai Chandi belongs to the Iridaceae family.
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